NOVPUBPov Kira’s:
"< Byakko Rune: Execution of Heaven and Earth >" (I)
This was a Rune that Byakko tried to teach me several times, but I was never able to use it correctly, the only few times I was able to, I was using the Spiritual Energy overload to force an activation, which decreases the power while greatly increasing the I wasted energy and still rendered myself useless after falling to the ground.
But this time the Spiritual Energy was not a problem, I also feel more different, I have never felt as strong as I feel now inside, with Byakko much stronger as a support and with the Holy Power of Zenos to strengthen the Rune beyond normal level.
When I created the Rune I felt the power within me travel through my body gathering in my arm, then my entire arm fell apart as if it were made of dust that gathered back together in the form of a crystal tiger head with the Rune stuck in its mouth of the tiger.
Inside the crystal arm it was possible to see 3 flows of power intertwining, the Metal Spiritual Energy, the Thunder Spiritual Energy and the Sacred Power of Zenos.
This power mixed and concentrated in the tiger head, so my power could condense almost instantly with much more ease and speed than I could imagine.
With a movement of my arm, a wave of power that took the form of a wave of particles drove everyone away from the surroundings, then a storm cloud appeared in the sky and from there a metallic tiger’s head appeared, releasing a ray of Thunder concentrated like a column of metal falling on top of the enemy heading towards the waterfall.
His body moved faster, he gave up going after Zenos realizing that he wouldn’t be able to get to him, but that was far from being enough to escape my attack.
In the end he abandoned the Spirit body he was possessing to use as a shield while he set up a second barrier made of crystallized Demon energy in the shape of a large claw.
The attack reached him in the end, but the damage was not enough to kill him, but it managed to buy time and before he could even move, a red crystal spear penetrated his Spectral Body, causing him to crumble into blood that burns with Fire Stellar.
While this was happening, a wave of Spiritual Energy appeared from the source, dispersing in all directions, this was a type of Spiritual Energy that I knew very well, an energy that flowed from Zenos continuously and in this place it was almost non-existent.
Now this energy was emerging more and more, for me it was as if these waves were shaking reality itself with these waves of Chaos Spiritual Energy, this confused my new senses and when I regained consciousness I realized that both my allies and enemies were standing still confused, some holding their heads like me seconds ago and just like me, everyone else was recovering quickly.
"(Don’t lose focus, this is the most critical moment!)" (Byakko)
When I looked around everyone was waking up, the power spreading wasn’t doing anything bad against the enemies, everything that was happening was a result of the power interacting with the rest of the Spirit World, this interaction was making everyone this mess because of everything here being energy, this energy is now mixing with something else, which once again confuses all of our senses as if a new element was placed in the universe.
The biggest problem was when the barrier broke, the enemies were starting to recover, but Stella wasn’t rebuilding the barrier for some reason.
"There’s more of them coming, Damn!!" (I)
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Pov Ibuki’s:
I was sitting on the ground, my crushed arm was recovering with each wave of power coming out of the waterfall, this was Zenos’ power, I couldn’t help but smile thinking about him.
"How are things Nicole?" (I)
"(Simply put? I have no idea, I hate this place, it feels like reality itself is in constant flux and there are no rules or laws that govern here, nothing I know seems to...)" (Nicole)
I slap her across the face for the eighth time, it always ends with her talking about how she hates being here, about how she has nothing to learn from this rubbish, about how she’s wasting her time here and so on.
"Stay focused, we are not here for you, I want to know the situation of the enemies and, if possible, know Zenos’ conduct." (I)
"Forget Nix and my Father, they will be fine and we have no way of checking anything on their side, but the enemies are acting strange and I notice behavior following some kind of pattern." (Nicole)
My arm was almost recovered, the pain here was something strange, I felt the pain from my arm throughout my body, I know that these are Spiritual Energy bodies, but I still find the sensations I feel strange, it seems as if I cannot trust the my instincts here.
While talking to Nicole I saw Kira’s attack hit the enemy going to the waterfall, it seems that Hinata will maintain her hunger for a while longer and it was only by thinking about her that her head appears from the waterfall before returning.
When I finished listening to Nicole, something he said made an alarm ring inside my mind, a premonition of danger.
"What kind of pattern?" (Ibuki)
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Pov Hela’s:
After the enemies recovered, the battle became much more intense as they no longer needed to continue possessing the bodies of the Spirits as they were doing before to cross the barrier.
The fight was covering the skies in Spiritual Energy particles and I noticed that some enemies were making use of this to steal power from their fallen enemies, so focus on these enemies before they increase their power.
In this place most of my power becomes useless, my focus of study has always been magic with Spiritual Runes being just something complementary, I am also a Necromancer and in this place I cannot use my greatest weapons, which are the dead.
I was forced to copy Magnus’s way of fighting hand to hand using his Aura for combat, fortunately I could be more efficient by draining the power of enemies using my Aura.
Right now I was facing a Necromancer, from his Aura I knew he was alive, but his body wasn’t here, he abandoned his body to enter only with his Soul just like I did, but unlike me who used one of the spheres of my Father’s Sacred Blood to create a body made of Spiritual Energy, this enemy used Phantom Energy as the basis to create an avatar of Demonic energy.
"< Ghost Breath >" (I)
I accumulated Ghost energy in my mouth and tried to imitate Magnus’s attacks, my attack was crude at best, but it served its purpose.
The enemy avoided my attack and tried to get closer only to have his head grabbed from behind by a red claw before chains came out of that claw taking his entire body before compressing his body into a crystal cube.
"There are many of them, if it weren’t for Elizabeth and the others taking most of the share." (Lilith)
"< Cursed Rune: Chain of Extinction >" (Lilith)
"We should just hold on a little longer, I can feel something is changing in the Spirit World." (I)
Lilith, who appeared behind the enemy, keeps his Soul inside her own body before tearing off one of his arms, using it to create a Cursed Rune that activates instantly, creating chains that go from enemy to enemy, forcing them to fight against each other, this can take care of at least one area.
"[Be careful, they are planning something, gather closer to the waterfall!]" (Nicole)
"..." (me/Lilith)
Suddenly a metal Bird flies to where we are and Nicole’s voice comes out of that Bird giving us a warning to gather together, I exchanged looks with Lilith before we both retreated.
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Pov Dravos (God of Spirits):
I was trapped inside a barrier created by 10 Divine Weapons kept functioning by 5 Demon Gods, but even in this state I can feel everything that is happening outside.
"(So he came, it looks like the plan is working perfectly, I just hope Aine doesn’t get angry when she finds out.)" (I)
I was trapped and weak, but that wasn’t a big problem, I can recover in seconds if I use the power of the Spirit World to nourish myself once I get out of here.
As I was thinking about next steps, he contacted me.
"(Zenos arrived early and is already forging the Source of Power.)" (Hernoth)
"(Is everyone inside?)" (I)
"(No, most are still with the Fairy Goddess, she didn’t expel them with the ferocity she expected.)" (Hernoth)
"(Aine can be aggressive, but she takes good care of her people, I said I should have looked for her for this plan.)" (I)
"(I didn’t have time, I had to choose one of you two, I knew that most of the Demon Gods were planning something, but I only found out what it was when they put the plan into practice.)" (Hernoth)
"(I thought you’d be a better bait and easier to work with.)" (Hernoth)
"(You’re not wrong about that, but your plan failed for the most part, at least we’ll be able to take out some of them.)" (I)
"(As soon as you’re free I’ll be ready.)" (Hernoth)
